Waking up was horrible, because for a disoriented moment I felt like everything was fine, and then it crushed me anew.

“Boys do not have the monopoly in Staring Business, after all.”

“The world," he said, "is not a wish-granting factory," and then he broke down, …”

“Sinking. Sinking, but instead of feeling panic or anything else, I realized tha…”

“His hair was parted neatly on the left side in a way that he would have found a…”